Metallic receptacle



April 5, 1932. o. E HARAR|5 1,852,652

METALLIC RECEPTACLE Filed April 24,A 1930 Patented Apr. 5, 1932 UNITED.STATES ORA E. HARRIS, OF K-E-ARNEY, NEBRASKA METALLIC REGEPTACLE YApplication led April 24, 1930. Serial No. 446,855.

This invention relates to improvements in a metallic receptacle of thetype disclosed and broadly claimed in my co-pending application entitledConfection coating apparatus, filed August 7 1929, under Serial N umber384,174, and has for its primary object to provide a simple and highlyefficient rack therefor for holding coated confection.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the noveldevices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and dened inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus with the cover raised andwith the rack in an operative position;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in vertical section showing the rack in aninoperative position;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.1, and further showing a coated confection supported on the rack; v

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the apparatus showing thedipping compartment and hinge rod therein; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,on an enlarged scale.

The numeral 6 indicates a leg supported rectangular metallic tank havingin one end 1' a melting vat or compartment 7, normally closed by a hingecover 8, and its other end a coating or dipping compartment 9. On theback of the tank 6 is an extension having in one end a compartment 10for holding a supply of paper discs, an intermediate lcompartment 11 forholding a supply of sticks, and in its other end a compartment 12 forholding a supply of assembled discs andl sticks to form holders A. Oneof these holders A is shown in Fig. 3 and the card board Adisc and stick.are designated :by the ,letters fB and aG, respectively. Each disc BYhas 4a central ihole iand each sti'c'kfG `has va `pointed :end and :inassembling the same `the `pointed end Fofffsaid Istick :isinsertedithrough the hole l!) fin said fdisc, which fis Jof 'a smallerdiameter than that of the,st"ick;and hence, is A'friction- `ally held"in place'.

A single `cover l'ishinged'to'the tankextension -and is of 'suchs'izeftocover'saidtank l andfextension Hin-ged @within the compartment 12Vclose Lto the front Wallfthereoi :is 'a frack "14 formed from a.fsin'gle piece of wire .and arranged to be turned into an upstandingoperative 90 position, .as shown by full :lines inFig. 1 and rby brokenlines in Fig. -5, for-into an Ainoperative position Awilt-hin 'the`compartment 12 wherein `the esame is closely -`positioned `to .the,front Wall thereof, ias shown fby full 55 lines `in Fig. r5. Thepur-pose `of :this rack 14 is :to permit `a supply fof the -h'olders A'to z'be :piled up iin 1the ycompartment y12 (above the top thereof,:thus increasing 1the holding capacityof said'comfpart-ment andatthesame '70 time prevent Isaid holders from falling finto the compartment9.

The holders A are fused for holding hemispheres of ice cream D, -cutVfrom 'bulk E y ice cream by a-dipper, while `dipping/thesame inni-avcoating tmaterial and `while hardening. These holders Aalsoafford'convenient means by which the coated .confection .may befheld Whileeating the same. Y

After a hemisphere .of .ice ycream 4has Abeen cutbya-d'ipper lfromlbulkice creamand while still :held in the dipper, Vthefpointed ,end of thestick C of one of the holders A is pressed L-into the hemisphere, at the.axis thereof. until stopped by the engagement ofthe disc B with a theviiatside or base of sai'dhemisphere. With the holder A thus secured Ainthe ihengiisphere the ice fcream lis discharged `from Vthe vclipper yand held lby said holder and then inverted and dipped into a coatingmaterial, Jnot shown, in the compartment 9 to a depth to which thehemisphere is entirely submerged but not to such a depth as to cover thedisc B. The coated confection is then lifted from the coating materialby the holder A, turned into is shown in Fig. 8. The upper ends of the Ysocket-like members 17 flare so as to freely receive and direct thesticks C therein.

The rack 15 is arranged to be supported from the tank 6 outward of theleft hand end thereof. as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and is detachablysecured. thereto by a separable hinge 18. This hinge 18 includes atransverse hinge bar 19. rigidly secured at its end to the front andrear walls of the compartment 9 Close to the left hand end thereof, anda cooperating hook-like member 20 formed in one end of the plate 16` seeFig. 3.

The hinge member 2() is formed by laterally offsetting the plate 16 onthe opposite side thereof from the holders 17 and bending the same incross section to substantiallv a semicircle. Said plate 16 is of suchwidth as to extend between the front and rear walls of the compartment 9with a working lit. The hinge member 20 extends the full width of theplate 16 and holds the rack 15. when in an operative position in whichit extends outward of the tank 6 and supported on the upper edgethereof. against either forward or rearward shifting movement on saidtank.

To applv the rack 15 to the hinge rod 19 said rack is inverted andplaced in the compartment 9 with its holders 17 extending downward andits hinge member 20 resting on said rod. In this position of the rack 15it forms a cover for the compartment 9. is supported at its free end onthe partition between the compartments 7 and 9 and does not interferewith the closing of the cover 13. To move the rack 15 from its invertedor inoperative position to an operative position the same is swung aboutthe hinge rod 19 until stopped in a horizontal position outward of thetank 6 by its engagement with the upper edge thereof. With the rack'lthus supported in an operative position its hinge member 20 is securelyinterlocked with the hinge rod 19.

The spacing of the holders 17 is such that the coated confection thereondoes not come in contact with each other.

If desired, the rack 15 may be detached from the apparatus, loaded withcoated confection, and used as a carrying tray.

What I claim is:

A metallic receptacle including a tank having therein a transverse fixedhinge rod, and a rack comprising a flat plate having a plurality ofupstanding tubular holders, said rack having at one end a wide hook-likehinge member arranged to lit around the hinge rod when the rack isinverted to completely enclose the tank in an inoperative position ofthe rack and to interlock with said rod when the rack is turned intooperative position outward of the tank and supported on the adj acentend of the tank.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ORA E. HARRIS.

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